St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-23
GOLDEN CHAINS RIvEN.
Sensational and sympathetic Batch
of Divorces IN Court Yesterday

Sensational and sympathetic Batch
of Divorces IN Court Yesterday.
The divorce case of Arilla Banks. colored,
against John Banks, attracted large audi
ence in Judge Lochran's courtroom. The
plaintiff, handsome mulatto woman, with
swapping black eyes and round, smiling
face. swore that soon after her marriage her
husband began to ill-treat her and finally de-
serted her altogether. She said that her
| husband was something of a dude and
| was considered quite a ''lady-kiiler' in the
society he mingled with. She stated that
on ole occasion she received a letter from
a strange woman incloSing the picture of
baby. The letter said that the father Of
| the child was her husband, and request
was made that Mrs. Banks adopt the child.
This she refused to do, and incidentally re-
marked that she had fired the letter and
the picture into the stove. Rev.
Joshua Davis swore that he knows
Mr.. Banks: he had boarded at the
same house once. Soon after Banks went
away white woman, claiming to be his
wife. came to the house and asked shelter.
As she had a letter signed by Banks, ask
ing that the bearer, his wife. be cared for,
she was taken i'll and shortly after gave
birth to a child, which," the witness
added ''looked just like John. only on
smaller scale" This, the judge Thought,
would seem to make the festive John gE1ty
of bigamy as well as desertion, and he ac-
cord!ngly granted the divorce.
The case of Fred Hanson against Anna
Hanson. his divorced wife, to secure pos
session of his little daughter, now in pos
session of the mother. was continued one
week by Judge Lochren yesterday. Mr..
and Mrs. Hanson were divorced in 1886 and
Mrs. Hanson given the custody of the
child. Now Mr.. Hanson charges that his
wife is constantly intoxicated and is the
companion of lewd and noto rious women.
and therefore unfit to bring up the child.
The divorce case of Henry Holt against
Addie Holt, in which desertion was al
lodged, was tried yesterday morning by
Judge Lochren. Mr.. Holt, a well-built
young man of 26 years. stated that he and
Mrs. Holt were married in OtSegO Wright
county, May Is, 1881, and that she had
left him soon after. and since then had re-
fused to live with him. The matter was
taken under adviSement.
Carrie Sandquist yesterday secured a di-
yorce from Ole Sandquist on the grounds
of adultery. cruel and inhuman treatment
and desertion. The plaintiff is a neat
looking little woman, and told her story
amid frequent tears.
The divorce case of Rachel Taylor against
Joseph F. Taylor was continued for one
week yesterday. In her complaint, Mrs.
Taylor charged desertion and failure to sup
port.
The divorce case of John w. Steelman
against Almira Steelman. which came up
in the district court yesterday, was settled
in summary manner by Judge Lochren,
who ordered the case stricken from the
calendar. In his complaint Steelman stated
that he and his wife were married at st.
Cloud Oct. s, 1866. He alleged that Mrs.
Steelman deserted him Oct. l, 1884, and
since then has committed adultery with
Patrick Cavanaugh and /. S. Soner. of this
city, and numerous other men whose names
are to him unknown.
Sarah E. Anderson. colOred woman,
appeared in court with number of sable
friends and sued for divorce from Wood
ford Anderson, on the ground that he had
committed adultery at various times with
numerous persons, and is now living on
Cedar avenue with a Mary Ball. Mrs.
Anderson said she was 80, and married
WoodfOrd, who is about 65, Aug. II, 1874.
They lived together about eight years, when
the gay Woodford began to manifest
strange fondneSs for other women, and
began to stay out late nights, roaming
around with women not his wife. Soon
after this he formed the acquaintance Of
Mary Ball and, leaving his wife, went to
housekeeping on Cedar avenue. The di-
YOrce was granted